Episode 77: A Smorgasbord Of Thoughts On This Week's Current Events

The Carlos Whittaker Podcast

That Sounds Fun Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

I’m FINALLY back home in Nashville, seated at my desk, talking to you. This episode spans it all—from Taylor Swift to Christian comedy drama to the school shooting in Minneapolis. When it feels like you’re finding yourself bouncing from comment section to comment section or drowning in headlines you just can’t get away from, may I remind you that you can turn it off. You aren’t depriving the world of your opinion. You aren’t hiding from the conversation. You aren’t avoiding the reality of tragedy. You’re simply creating space to actually tend to the matters of your heart. . . . . . Order your copy of my new book Reconnected HERE: ReconnectedBook.com Let’s keep in touch! Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to hear ALL my updates. https://carlos-whittaker.kit.com/c6d25be20a Interested in advertising with us? Reach out here. Book me to speak HERE: https://www.carloswhittaker.com/events . . . . . NIV: Find out more at NIVApplicationBible.com SHOPIFY: Go to shopify.com/CARLOS to take your business to the next level today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is Thursday, August 28th, 2025.
0:06.5	It's Carlos Whitaker and you, my friends, are listening to the Carlos Whitaker podcast.
0:13.0	Are you ready?
0:13.9	Y'all remember how it goes?
0:15.4	Y'all ready for this.
0:16.5	Come on, come on.
0:17.4	Hey, welcome to finally an episode where I'm back home.
0:23.0	Can you just hear it in my voice?
0:24.7	I'm not on a boat with a patch behind my ear, half drugged, trying to have a conversation
0:31.5	with my friend, Ty, although I just loved that conversation last week.
0:37.1	And I like that it was quick.
0:38.9	It was fresh.
0:39.8	It was tight.
0:41.3	And that's what we're going to do again this week.
0:43.3	I want to talk this week.
0:46.2	This actually, I think in my head, I've got zero show notes.
0:49.3	I'm just going to riff.
0:50.3	Is that okay?
0:52.8	I'm feeling just a little bit of Papa Carlos has to come out.
1:03.8	Papa Carlos has to come out.
1:06.4	I have to come out.
1:07.7	And as we fade that away, I, you know, as the Taylor Swift, um, engagement came out, I just, listen, whether you love Taylor Swift, whether you hate Taylor Swift, whether you like your music, whether you don't, I don't care one way or the other.
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